The Archive · 1941

Laval Recoverning After Attack by Gunman

Pierre Laval and M. Marcel Dear at Versailles, allegedly a five-hour grilling last night the assailant who shot M. admitted the attack was part of a vast Communist plot.

"M. Laval, former Premier, who was ousted from the Petain Cabinet and his position of Vice-Premier last December, and M. Dear, editor of the Paris Œuvre, were both bitter foes of the Petain regime.

They were shot while attending special ceremonies in connection with mobilization at the Borgnes-Desbordes barracks of an anti-Soviet French Legion to fight the Russians.

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